Speaker Biographies
Darrell Bricker is president and chief operating officer for Ipso-Reid Public Affairs North America, Canada’s premier market and public opinion research firm. Located in Toronto, Mr. Bricker is responsible for directing research assignments for public, private, and not-for-profit sector clients across Canada and the United States. Darrell’s research specialties include analysis of social and political trends, issues management, strategic communications, and corporate reputation. Prior to joining Ipsos-Reid Corporation (formerly the Angus Reid Group) in 1990, he was director of Public Opinion Research in the Office of the Prime Minister. He also worked as a research consultant with firms in Ottawa and Toronto. Mr. Bricker is also a prolific author: his academic articles have been published and republished over the past fifteen years. His new book, What Canadians Think about Almost Everything, with John Wright, is a Canadian national bestseller.
David Frum is a resident fellow at AEI and a weekly columnist for Canada's National Post. A regular commentator for CTV television during the Canadian election, he is the author of five books including, most recently, An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror (coauthored with Richard Perle). In 2001–2002, he was a special assistant and speechwriter to President George W. Bush.
Roger F. Noriega is a visiting fellow coordinating AEI’s program on Western Hemisphere issues. Twice appointed by President George W. Bush (and confirmed by the U.S. Senate) and with ten-year career on Capitol Hill, Mr. Noriega’s breadth of experience and contacts offers strategic vision and practical insight on the Americas. As assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Mr. Noriega managed a 3,000-person team of professionals in Washington and fifty diplomatic posts to design and implement political and economic strategies in Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. As U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States, Mr. Noriega coordinated complex and sensitive multilateral diplomacy in a thirty-four-member international organization to bolster OAS efforts to promote trade, fight illicit drugs, and defend democracy. Mr. Noriega has held various other positions as well: senior policy advisor with the U.S. Mission to the OAS; various program management and public affairs positions with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of State; press secretary and foreign policy advisor for U.S. Representative Robert Whittaker (R-Kansas); and research assistant for the secretary of state of Kansas.
Phillip L. Swagel is a resident scholar at AEI. Before joining AEI in March 2005, he was the chief of staff of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He has previously been a senior economist at the council, a visiting assistant professor at Northwestern University, and an economist at the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary Fund. He has written on international trade and financial policy, the political economy of the welfare system, and other domestic and international economic issues.
